Born Dublin, 1964, Maeve Graduated from NCAD in 1987 in Fine Art Painting. She lived up to 1995 in the USA and, also Germany and Ireland. Various jobs have included appliqué banner construction, animation and new media. Her first solo shows were in Colorado and Utah, The Jo Rain Gallery in 1998 and more recently the Frederick Gallery, Dublin.

She has exhibited in EV&A and the Independent Artists as a student, and has received several awards at Arnotts National Portrait Exhibition, and the Caracciolo Award (twice) at The RHA Annual Exhibition.  She has also exhibited in the BP Portrait Award Exhibition in The National Portrait Gallery, London in 1997, 2004 and 2005. Recently commissioned by The National Gallery in their Irish Life & Permanent Portrait Series to do a portrait of bestselling author Maeve Binchy.